Edwin E. Floyd
Edwin Earl Floyd (* 1924 in Eufaula (Alabama) ; † December 9, 1990 ) was an American mathematician who dealt with topology (especially Kobordism theory).
Floyd studied at the University of Alabama (Bachelor 1943) and received his doctorate in 1948 at the University of Virginia with Gordon Whyburn ( The extension of homeomorphisms ). He was an instructor at Princeton University in 1948 and a faculty member at the University of Virginia from 1949, where he worked closely with Pierre Conner on cobordism theory in the 1960s . During this time he was Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics (as the successor to Whyburn 1966 to 1969) and from 1966 Robert C. Taylor Professor of Mathematics. In 1974 he became dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and in 1981 vice president and provost of the university. In 1958/59 and 1963/64 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study .
From 1960 to 1964 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . In 1964 he was Hedrick Lecturer at the Mathematical Association of America . In 1981 he received the Thomas Jefferson Award from the University of Virginia. In 1962 he was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Stockholm (Some connections between cobordism and transformation groups).
Conner-Floyd isomorphisms and Conner-Floyd-Chern classes are named after him and Conner.
Fonts
- with Conner: Differentiable periodic maps, Springer 1964
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edwin E. Floyd in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ↑ Conner-Floyd Isomorphism , nLab
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Floyd, Edwin E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Floyd, Edwin Earl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eufaula, Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1990 |